Activity Diagrams

Dan Fleck

Coming up: Activity Diagram

 Activity Diagram
Supplements the use-case
by providing a diagrammatic
representation of procedural
flow

Details:
-Start is a single circle
-End is a bulls-eye
-Decisions are diamonds
(guards must be on both
branches of the diamond!)
Questions:
Do we always have a start?
Do we always have an end?
How might we make this
better?
Coming up: Swimlane Diagrams
 Swimlane Diagrams
Allows the modeler to
represent the flow of
activities described by the
use-case and at the same
time indicate which actor
(if there are multiple
actors involved in a
specific use-case) or
analysis class has
responsibility for the
action described by an
activity rectangle

Coming up: Activity Diagram Example

 Activity Diagram Example
Fork/Branc
- To show concurrent h
activity, activity
diagrams allow
branches and joins.

- You can also

reference or include
other activity
diagrams
Join

Coming up: Lets Try It

 Lets Try It
Lets create a swimlane activity diagram for opening a
Lemonade stand.

Lets create a swimlane diagram to apply for and get a

job when you graduate.

Software that translates voice commands into user

input (for whatever OS you use)

Lets create a swimlane diagram for withdrawing money

from an ATM. Nope this is essentially the
homework for next week!

End of presentation